Soft tissue
DIY Filler / At-Home Injection
Gray-market self-injection risks vascular occlusion, necrosis, and blindness. Absolutely not.
Also called: diy filler · self injecting filler · at home filler
Verdict — cope
The mechanism does not hold. Your time is better spent elsewhere.
Evidence grade D
Nobody has demonstrated this works. Note that this grades the evidence, not the danger — read the verdict for that.
Mechanism
Injecting filler without anatomical training risks intravascular placement — facial artery branches connect to the ophthalmic circulation.
Citations
- Blindness following cosmetic injections of the face: a reviewPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery · 2015
The full read
Vascular occlusion from filler can necrose skin within hours and has caused permanent blindness via retrograde flow into the ophthalmic artery. Licensed injectors train specifically to avoid and rescue these events (hyaluronidase protocols). Whatever the TikTok price difference, this is a category where the professional premium is the product. We will never rate DIY injection anything but cope.
